D.C. police say woman shot inside Capitol has died
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A woman who was shot inside the Capitol after President Trump's supporters breached the building Wednesday has died from her injuries, Washington, D.C.'s, Metropolitan Police Department said, per CNN.
"Yes, the adult female that was shot ... was pronounced dead at an area hospital," Dustin Sternbeck, an MPD spokesperson, told CNN, adding that "additional details will be forthcoming as this remains an active MPD investigation."
It not clear what led to the shooting, nor who fired the shot. Read more at CNN and WUSA9.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
